The Rivière à Grignon (''English: Grignon's River'') is a tributary of

lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (, ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of , and is ...

, flowing in the municipality of

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, in the

Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality Le Domaine-du-Roy (, ) is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Roberval, and it is named for the King of France, who owned the land at the time of the colonization of Quebec. Sub ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada on the Labrador Peninsula. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the fi ...

, in the

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, to

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. The upper part of the Grignon river valley is served by forest roads and Chemin Delaunière which connects by the southeast to route 155; the lower part by Principale Street ( route 169).Open Street Map - Accessed July 6, 2020
/ref> Generally, forestry is the main economic activity in the upper part of this valley; agriculture is practiced in the lower part. The surface of the Grignon river is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids; however, traffic on the ice is generally safe from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The Grignon river originates from an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ). This lake takes the form of a birch leaf. The mouth of Lac Brassard is located southeast of the lake, either: * south-east of downtown Roberval; * south-west of the village center of

; * south of the mouth of the Grignon river. From its source, the Grignon river flows over with a drop of , according to the following segments: * first towards the northwest to the outlet (coming from the northwest) of an unidentified lake; * first towards the east, in particular by crossing Lake Delaunaire (length: ; altitude: ), to its mouth; * first forming a hook towards the east, then the northeast by approaching a curve of the railway, to a stream (coming from the southwest); * to the north in the agricultural zone by crossing the route 169 and the railway, collecting a stream (coming from the southeast), until 'at its mouth. The Grignon river flows at the bottom of Anse de Chambord, on the southwest shore of

. This confluence is located southeast of the middle of the entrance to Anse de Chambord (stretching to to the east) which is delimited between Pointe de Chambord (to the north) and Pointe aux Pins (to the south). The confluence of the river at Grignon is located at: * south-east of the tip of Pointe-Chambord; * west of the center of the village of Chambord; * south-east of downtown Roberval. From the mouth of the Grignon river, the current crosses Lac Saint-Jean to the east for to the northeast, follows the course of the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...

(via the Little Landfill) on eastwards to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada. Geography Tadoussac is ...

where it merges with the

Estuary of Saint Lawrence The St. Lawrence River Estuary is an estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It stretches 655 km from west to east, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. ...

Toponymy

The term "Grignon" is a family name of French origin. The toponym "Rivière à Grignon" was formalized on September 5, 1985, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière à Grignon
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, a municipality *

Lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (, ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of , and is ...

, a body of water *

, a stream

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